you were convinced for years that Batman was a mildly overweight man with a moderate beer belly who wore his under wearoutside of his clothes and talked strangely

You were disappointed when an episode of 3-2-1 Contact didn’t include a Bloodhound Gang segment.

You were in Cub Scouts or Girl Scouts but now you have no idea what all the badges you got were for.

You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.

You were only cool if you hung out at the Roller Rink and actually knew how to skate.

You were sad when the "Where's the Beef" lady died.

you were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which you were probably watching in school at the time), and yet,when someone mentions the name "JFK", the first thing you think of is "Oliver Stone"

You were shocked by the controversial plot lines in Degrassi Junior High. (No just bored)

You wondered why you and your mates never encountered diamond thieves whilst out on your BMXs.

You wondered why your walkie-talkie didn't have the same range as those in the Red Hand Gang.

You wore 3-8 different colored socks in layers and thought that the more you could wear the cooler you were.

You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.

You wore a feather roach clip in your hair from the local carnival because you didn’t know what it really was.

You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or know someone who did.

You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.

You wore French rolls on the bottom of your splatter painted jeans.

You wore loafers with everything, and you put the laces in those little rolls.

You wore the little bootie socks with the colored balls on the back.

You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish.

You wrote your boyfriends name on the side of your canvas Keds.

You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.

you, yes you, sat down and memorized the entire lyric sheet to "It's the end of the world as we know it"

Your all time favorite movie was Footloose and you actually thought that Kevin Bacon was HOT in it!!!

Your best friend had a soda stream at home and you were jealous

Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.

Your dream car was either: the A-team van, KITT or The General Lee.

Your first computer was a Commodore 64 or an Atari 800.

Your first date took you to the roller rink and you held hands for "Couples Only" skate.

Your first Walkman weighed about as much as a brick.

Your hair defied gravity.

Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting."

You're parents wanted you to attend medical school, but you decided it was pointless since Quincy got all the babes, anyway.

You're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all, and it's those people over 40 you have to look out for.

you're starting to dread your 30th birthday, and have even begun going into denial about it's possibility

you're starting to get that "why aren't you married yet" spiel, not just from parents, but now from friends that

you're starting to view getting carded to buy alcohol as a GOOD thing, and you're ready to marry the next person who cards you when you want to buy cigarettes.

you're still occasionally suffering flashbacks from your 21st birthday party

you've ever conversationally used the phrase "Jane, you ignorant slut"

you've ever said "I'm a vegetarian" and immediately had someone call you a hypocrite by saying "Nice leather jacket you have there...and gee, is that a suede bag...those shoes leather, too?"

You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but not in the last five years, okay?

You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases: - "When I was younger" - "When I was your age" - "You know, back when..." - "Because I SAID so, that's why" - "What the HELL is this noise on the radio?" - "Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"